Fordingbridge railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Fordingbridge
gridref = SU135144


caption =
manager = Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Fordingbridge
borough = New Forest, Hampshire
platforms = 2
years = 20 December 1866
events = Opened
years2 = 4 May 1964
events2 = Closed

Fordingbridge was a railway station serving Fordingbridge, a small town in Hampshire. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s; the last service was on 4 May 1964. It was served by the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, a line running North-South, along the River Avon just to the West of the New Forest, connecting Salisbury to the North and Poole to the South, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at West Moors.

Today, the road leading out of Fordingbridge to Sandleheath village is still called Station Road; however the spot where the station once stood is now occupied by a small cluster of houses.

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External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/f/fordingbridge/index.shtml Fordingbridge Station on Subterranea Britannica]

Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1